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Seasoned facilities management professional Paul Timms has been appointed managing director of OCS in the Channel Islands.
Mr Timms’ arrival coincides with considerable investment in the business which employs 340 people across Guernsey and Jersey and includes the newly-acquired Guernsey business Meadowcroft Engineering.
There are ambitious plans to further grow the headcount of the business in both islands and broaden the range of services offered, particularly in Jersey.
Following a serious incident in 2014, when an OCS employee fell through a warehouse roof, the business has thoroughly overhauled processes and procedures and has hired former Chief Health and Safety Executive with the States of Guernsey, Richard Brown, as a consultant.
And the senior management team at OCS has been further bolstered by the appointment of Phil Taylor, previously with G4S for 25 years, as chairman.
In his early career Mr Timms was general manager of the Covent Garden General Store and he also worked for the executive search business owned by James Caan of Dragon’s Den.
He went on to work for telecommunications and software organisations before taking on other senior operational and project management roles across a range of businesses.
Mr Timms worked for G4S in the UK before moving to Guernsey as business development director and then business development and operations director at G4S Secure Solutions (Guernsey) Limited, covering the Channel Islands and Isle of Man.
Mr Timms said: “My ambition is for OCS to become the supplier of choice and I’m confident that we can achieve this with our competent and professional team in the islands."
Mr Taylor said: “Paul’s appointment coincides with a period of considerable investment in the business to hire additional people and expand our services. He will lead us in further improving our professionalism and competence in the islands.
“In welcoming Paul I’d also like to thank Mike de Laune for what he contributed to OCS during his tenure as managing director. Notably, he recently instigated the Meadowcroft acquisition and continues to support the business on a number of projects.”
OCS has been established for 25 years in Jersey and 15 years in Guernsey. It is able to draw on the expertise of the OCS Group globally and in the UK where the business specialises in complex facilities management. The group operates across 5 continents and employs 91,000 people in 50 countries worldwide. It was awarded a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade for 2015.
